Types of Communication Worksheet
Communication tip (Ask how the message travels): Verbal (spoken): talking on the phone, answering aloud in class, telling a story aloud, a speech in assembly. Non-verbal: a smile, a thumbs-up, nodding your head, a frown, crossing your arms, a shrug. Written: a letter, a text message, a note in the diary, an email, a notice on the board. Visual: a map, a bar chart, a traffic light, a diagram of a plant, a no-entry symbol, a picture timetable.
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- 1.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a wave goodbye (d) telling a story aloud
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a bar chart (c) a note in the diary (d) a notice on the board
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) a traffic light (c) a bar chart (d) a speech in assembly
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a frown (c) a bar chart (d) a picture timetable
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 6.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) an email (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a traffic light
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) talking on the phone (c) a speech in assembly (d) a shrug
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 10.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) no communication (c) written communication (d) verbal communication
- 11.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 12.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a traffic light (c) nodding your head (d) chatting with a friend
- 15.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it hides the data (b) it looks longer (c) numbers are easy to see (d) charts need no data
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) nodding your head (c) a picture timetable (d) a diagram of a plant
- 17.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 19.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) telling a story aloud (c) a shrug (d) a diagram of a plant
- 20.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a map (c) a birthday card message (d) a diagram of a plant
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) asking the way aloud (c) telling a story aloud (d) a thumbs-up
- 24.True or false: “nodding your head” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) crossing your arms (c) nodding your head (d) a smile
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) answering aloud in class (c) a notice on the board (d) a note in the diary
- 28.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) nobody can read it (b) you can read it again (c) it has no words (d) it is always faster
- 29.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a smile (b) a map (c) a speech in assembly (d) a text message
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 33.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) stop (b) hurry up (c) go (d) turn left
- 34.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) a traffic light (c) a picture timetable (d) a bar chart
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) a traffic light (c) a thumbs-up (d) a wave goodbye
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 39.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- telling a story aloud
- a bar chart
- a speech in assembly
- a frown
- written
- visual
- an email
- a shrug
- visual
- verbal communication
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- spoken (verbal)
- chatting with a friend
- numbers are easy to see
- nodding your head
- written
- spoken (verbal)
- a shrug
- True
- a birthday card message
- spoken (verbal)
- a thumbs-up
- False
- a map
- written
- answering aloud in class
- you can read it again
- True
- True
- a smile
- visual
- stop
- True
- written
- a birthday card message
- a traffic light
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- False
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